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Psyc 450: Drugs & behavior
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The memory disturbances seen in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome include -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A loss of short-term, immediate memory with retention
of distant memories
What do we know about the structure of the opiate receptors from receptor
cloning studies? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The receptors appear to
bemetabotropic
Lack of cocaine self-administration by mutant mice expressing a cocaine-
insensitive dopamine transporter tells us that - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️blockade of the dopamine transporter plays a key role in the
reinforcing action of cocaine
"First" or early pain _________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Typically triggers
withdrawal and escape responses
Which of the following is considered to be a glutamate co-agonist at the NMDA
receptor site? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️D-serine
GABA metabolism _______________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️can be inhibited
by the antiseizure medication vigabatrin
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The B2-receptor agonist albuterol is used to treat __________ because it
______________. - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Asthma; relaxes the bronchial
muscles and creates a wider airway
Mice genetically engineered to lack central serotonin __________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️have difficulty with thermoregulation
A specific marker for serotonin cells is ____________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️Tryptophan hydroxylase
Drugs that act as agonists at 5-HT2A receptors produce a characteristic "head-
twitch" response in rodents and ___________ in humans - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️Hallucinations
Which statement about norepinephrine is false? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️NE
producing cell bodies are widespread in the brain
Long-term potentiation is most often studied in a slice preparation from which
area of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Hippocampus
Ingestion of a parasympathomimetic agent, such as pilocarpine, can cause all of
the following except
A. pupillary dilation.
B. salivation.
C. diarrhea.
D. sweating. - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A. Pupillary dilation
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Psyc 450: Drugs & behavior
EXAM |complete study guide
with updated answers|Get a
pass on your first trial
The memory disturbances seen in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome include -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A loss of short-term, immediate memory with retention
of distant memories
What do we know about the structure of the opiate receptors from receptor
cloning studies? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️The receptors appear to
bemetabotropic
Lack of cocaine self-administration by mutant mice expressing a cocaine-
insensitive dopamine transporter tells us that - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️blockade of the dopamine transporter plays a key role in the
reinforcing action of cocaine
"First" or early pain _________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Typically triggers
withdrawal and escape responses
Which of the following is considered to be a glutamate co-agonist at the NMDA
receptor site? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️D-serine
GABA metabolism _______________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️can be inhibited
by the antiseizure medication vigabatrin
SUCCESS
, STUDYSAGE
The B2-receptor agonist albuterol is used to treat __________ because it
______________. - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Asthma; relaxes the bronchial
muscles and creates a wider airway
Mice genetically engineered to lack central serotonin __________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️have difficulty with thermoregulation
A specific marker for serotonin cells is ____________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️Tryptophan hydroxylase
Drugs that act as agonists at 5-HT2A receptors produce a characteristic "head-
twitch" response in rodents and ___________ in humans - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️Hallucinations
Which statement about norepinephrine is false? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️NE
producing cell bodies are widespread in the brain
Long-term potentiation is most often studied in a slice preparation from which
area of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Hippocampus
Ingestion of a parasympathomimetic agent, such as pilocarpine, can cause all of
the following except
A. pupillary dilation.
B. salivation.
C. diarrhea.
D. sweating. - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A. Pupillary dilation
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